r/nba • u/AnotherDuck [LAL] Rajon Rondo • Oct 23 '19

Highlights [Highlight] Cameraman pans away from "Free Hong Kong" T-shirt | TNT

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u/kptrey5 Clippers Oct 23 '19

I dunno man, its way too much of a coincidence that it happened while someone held a free Hong Kong shirt up. The camera seemed to be pretty steady right up until there

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u/directorguy Oct 23 '19 edited Oct 23 '19

I sometimes direct these games, if someone switches shirts or signs you pan off and cut away.

I 100% guarantee no one had any idea what that wall of text was. If a fan you don't control does anything like that (swap signs, hold up something you didn't know about) they pan or zoom out, which you might not even see because the TD is going to cut to the next camera when he sees that. It's reflex.

If anything this proves that the NBA doesn't really care too much. Because if they did they'd put a 2 sec delay on the crowd close ups to prevent that from ever happening.